Ducks pick out duds for fashion show

March 16, 2012

Updated Aug. 21, 2013 1:17 p.m.

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Ducks center Saku Koivu shows off his sense of fashion as he tries to convince Codey Durham that a fedora hat will work on him when the teen-ager appears in the Lady Ducks Fashion Show next week, which will raise funds for CHOC Children's Hospital in Orange. Koivu and Durham, 17, were at Quiksilver headquarters in Huntington Beach on Thursday look for apparel that will be worn on the runway. TEXT BY ERIC STEPHENS, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, PHOTO BY ROSE PALMISANO, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Anaheim Ducks center Saku Koivu gives Codey Durham sound advice on fashionable clothes in preparation for the Lady Ducks Fashion Show next week. The eight children from CHOC Children's Hospital will be modeling outfits from Quiksilver, whose corporate world headquarters are based in Huntington Beach. Koivu and Toni Lydman and their respective wives were there to lend a hand to the children. TEXT BY ERIC STEPHENS, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER; PHOTO BY ROSE PALMISANO, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Ducks center Saku Koivu helps Codey Durham, 17, look for clothes at Quiksilver world headquarters in Huntington Beach. Durham will take part in the Lady Ducks Fashion Show next week, modeling clothing from the brand. TEXT BY ERIC STEPHENS, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, PHOTO BY ROSE PALMISANO, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Heta Lydman helps Malakai Dunn, 10, tie his shoes as he and seven other CHOC Children's patients picked out clothes from Quiksilver in Huntington Beach in preparation for the upcoming fashion show next week. The annual event raises funds for CHOC Children's Hospital in Orange. TEXT BY ERIC STEPHENS, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER; PHOTO BY ROSE PALMISANO, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Aubrey Dunn, 9, models her new outfit after she and seven other CHOC Children's patients picked out new clothes at Quiksilver in Huntington Beach for the upcoming Lady Ducks Fashion Show next week. Hanna Koivu gave her expert advise to the children on what clothes to wear. ROSE PALMISANO, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Nolan Torres, 10, is all smiles as he picks out a Quiksilver T-shirt with help from Ducks defenseman Toni Lydman that he will model in the Lady Ducks Fashion Show next week. Torres, who is a patient at CHOC, loves baseball and hockey and says that Luca Sbisa is his favorite player. TEXT BY ERIC STEPHENS, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, PHOTO BY ROSE PALMISANO, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Ducks center Saku Koivu pulls out an outfit for Codey Durham to check out as the two did some shopping at Quilksilver world headquarters in Huntington Beach. Koivu and Toni Lydman, along with their wives, helped eight patients from CHOC Children's Hospital prepare for the Lady Ducks Fashion Show next week. Durham liked the outfit and will model it. TEXT BY ERIC STEPHENS, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, PHOTO BY ROSE PALMISANO, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Saku Koivu, left, and Toni Lydman, right, help Sam Guinane find the perfect outfit for the upcoming Lady Ducks Fashion Show next week. The annual event raises money for CHOC Children's Hospital in Orange. Guinane, 12, was diagnosed with leukemia in 2004 and has been off treatment for four years. TEXT BY ERIC STEPHENS, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, PHOTO BY ROSE PALMISANO, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Ducks defenseman Toni Lydman helps Nolan Torres pick out what he will wear in the Lady Ducks Fashion Show next week. Torres is one of eight CHOC Children's Hospital patients who will model clothing from the Quiksilver and Roxy brands along with several Ducks that will participate. TEXT BY ERIC STEPHENS, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, PHOTO BY ROSE PALMISANO, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Toni Lydman watches on as his wife, Heta, helps Malakai Dunn, 10, find the perfect outfit as they shopped at Quiksilver headquarters in Huntington Beach. Heta Lydman is helping put on the annual Lady Ducks Fashion Show, which benefits CHOC Children's Hospital in Orange. Dunn plays baseball, basketball and football throughout the year and his favorite hockey player is George Parros. TEXT BY ERIC STEPHENS, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, PHOTO BY ROSE PALMISANO, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Aubrey Dunn, 9, listens to Saku Koivu, center, and Toni Lydman give some advice on what outfit might look best on her as they helped prepare kids for the upcoming Lady Ducks Fashion Show next week. Dunn was at Qulksilver headquarters in Huntington Beach with her brother, Malakai, and younger sister, Keturah. Keturah Dunn has vocal cord paralysis and receives treatment for he condition twice a week. TEXT BY ERIC STEPHENS, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, PHOTO BY ROSE PALMISANO, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Keturah Dunn, 7, got to enjoy some shopping at Quiksilver in Huntington Beach as she found outfits to model in the upcoming Lady Ducks Fashion Show. Dunn is one of eight patients that will walk the runway. Last fall, she was the ambassador for the Children's Miracle Network Torch Relay. TEXT BY ERIC STEPHENS, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, PHOTO BY ROSE PALMISANO, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Adela Jauregui, 9, and her 6-year-old sister Olivia, show off their new outfits that they will model at the Lady Ducks Fashion Show next week. The two were at Quilksiver headquarters in Huntington Beach, which will have its apparel modeled in the Ducks' annual event that benefits CHOC Children's Hospital. Adela was diagnosed with a brain tumor nearly seven years ago and is a survivor after receiving a bone marrow transplant in 2006. TEXT BY ERIC STEPHENS, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, PHOTO BY ROSE PALMISANO, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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With the outfit that Ducks center Saku Koivu helped him pick out earlier, Codey Durham shows off his style while at Quiksilver world headquarters in Huntington Beach. Durham, who has been a CHOC patient since he was 16 months old, has been a big Ducks fan since he was little and says Teemu Selanne is his favorite player. TEXT BY ERIC STEPHENS, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, PHOTO BY ROSE PALMISANO, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Ducks center Saku Koivu, who has a sense of style, offers some tips for Sam Guinane, 14, and his grandmother, Renee Guinane, as they shop at Quilksilver world headquarters in Huntington Beach on Thursday. Sam Guinane will take part in the Lady Ducks Fashion Show next week, TEXT BY ERIC STEPHENS, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, PHOTO BY ROSE PALMISANO, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Ducks defenseman Toni Lydman talks fashion with Codey Durham, 17, at Quiksilver in preparation for the Lady Ducks Fashion Show next week. Durham attends Kennedy High in La Palma. TEXT BY ERIC STEPENS, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, PHOTO BY ROSE PALMISANO, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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The Ducks' Saku Koivu chats with a shy Olivia Jauregui, 6, at Quiksilver in Huntington Beach after she and seven other children picked out their outfits for the Lady Ducks Fashion Show next week. The event also incorporates siblings of those who are afflicted with cancer or other illnesses and Olivia was there to support her 9-year-old sister Adela, who was diagnosed with a brain tumor at age 2 1/2 and received a bone marrow transplant in 2006. TEXT BY ERIC STEPHENS, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER; PHOTO BY ROSE PALMISANO, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Olivia Jauregui, 6, and her sister, Adela, 9, picked out new clothes at Quicksilver in Huntington Beach in preparation for the upcoming Lady Ducks Fashion Show next week. Olivia attended to her big sister when she was ill and would sing to her. She also enjoys some fettucine alfredo and pepperoni pizza. Adela likes to read chapter books, play her acoustic guitar and draw. TEXT BY ERIC STEPHENS, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER; PHOTO BY ROSE PALMISANO, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Sam Guinane, 14, tries on some shoes with the expert advice of Anaheim Ducks center Saku Koivu in preparation for the upcoming Lady Ducks Fashion Show next week to benefit CHOC Children's Hospital in Orange. Guinane revealed that he's more into soccer than hockey and could talk more about the Premier League than the National Hockey League but Koivu told him that he played soccer while as a youth growing up in Finland. TEXT BY ERIC STEPHENS, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER; PHOTO BY ROSE PALMISANO, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Ducks players Saku Koivu, left, and Toni Lydman, center, took part in helping eight children from CHOC Children's Hospital in Orange get fitted with clothing to model in the Lady Ducks Fashion Show next week. The children will walk with players down the runway wearing apparel from the Quilksilver and Roxy brands. Walking with them are Codey Durham and his mother, Patricia. TEXT BY ERIC STEPHENS, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, PHOTO BY ROSE PALMISANO, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

Ducks center Saku Koivu shows off his sense of fashion as he tries to convince Codey Durham that a fedora hat will work on him when the teen-ager appears in the Lady Ducks Fashion Show next week, which will raise funds for CHOC Children's Hospital in Orange. Koivu and Durham, 17, were at Quiksilver headquarters in Huntington Beach on Thursday look for apparel that will be worn on the runway. TEXT BY ERIC STEPHENS, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, PHOTO BY ROSE PALMISANO, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

As the store was opened up to them and only them, the kids tiptoed in and looked around at the apparel that was at their disposal but unsure whether they could actually dig in and make the wardrobe theirs.

The feeling lasted only a few minutes. Soon, they felt right at home.

“I was built for fashion,” Codey Durham said, wearing a big grin. “Let’s just say that.”

Durham was among eight children of various ages who had their run of the Quiksilver store at its world headquarters in Huntington Beach on Thursday as they prepared themselves for the upcoming Lady Ducks Fashion Show that they’ll be part of next week.

It is an annual event thrown by the wives and girlfriends of the Ducks to benefit Children’s Hospital of Orange County – better known as CHOC. And they do get their mates involved.

On this day, the fashionistas that were offering their advice on style were center Saku Koivu and his wife, Hanna, along with defenseman Toni Lydman and his wife, Heta.

Some like Koivu and Heta Lydman eagerly offered their tips on T-shirts and dresses, hooded sweatshirts and pants, shoes and shorts. Heta’s husband did what he could but admitted that it is not his forte.

“I certainly would have just picked the first thing I could grab when I was that age,” Toni Lydman said. “I had no idea how to match and that sort of thing.

“I had no style. That was my style growing up. Which, I guess is cool. I was different.”

The children inside the store weren’t any different than those that you would see at the nearby mall, with the small exception that several of them have been through battles most are fortunate not to endure.

Sarah Dunn’s seven-year-old daughter, Keturah, was born with a vocal cord disorder and has to sleep with a ventilator attached to her in order to breathe through the night. She’s also had to battle through bouts of pneumonia.

But the Ducks and Quiksilver not only provided Keturah this welcome distraction from appointments twice a week and daily treatments but also included older siblings Aubrey and Malakai.

“CHOC is part of our family,” Sarah said. “Keturah was born with all of her medical problems so to be able to be part of it is being able to give back to the community. It’s fun for them.

“We’re at appointments all the time. For them to be able to come do something special, especially for the siblings too … it focuses on them as well as their sister. This is for them to have a chance to do something for themselves as well.”

Heta Lydman stayed around until all of the kids were taken care of with their outfits. It was fun to watch them light up. “And I love shopping too,” she said. “Can’t lie about that.”

“At least for these couple of hours, they can maybe think about something else,” Lydman continued. “Maybe think about summer and just plan on things like what they want to wear. And when they get to wear them at school next week and show all the girls and boys what they go.”

Toni Lydman said he was eager to help out with the event, adding that “it doesn’t take a lot from us” to help the kids feel good about themselves for a while.

“When you look at the kids, how happy they are and excited about this, it’s kind of strange having somebody so excited just to meet you,” he said. “But that’s very rewarding just to see them smile. They’ve been though a lot, some of these kids.

“To at least give them a little moment of joy, a few hours here … that’s worth it.”

Durham, who walks with the help of a cane, has been looking forward to the fashion show ever since him mom, Patricia, let him know that he would be in it.

The teen-ager has been a fan all his life, counting the old Mighty Ducks sweater with Paul Kariya’s name on it as one of his prized possessions. He’s also got the new black, gold and orange duds too.

“It’s going to be a good experience,” Durham said. “Put you in front of people. That’s going to be cool.

“Just the whole experience of it, it’s going to be something that you’ll never forget. I will remember that for the rest of my life.”

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